Archive for January 6th, 2012
Management Tip of the Day: Use buddy checks for your project
BOSTON | Fri Jan 6, 2012 8:15am EST BOSTON (Reuters) – There is a clear value to having a second set of eyes help monitor the progress of your project, says Harvard Business Review. The Management Tip of the Day offers quick, practical management tips and ideas from Harvard Business Review and HBR.org (http:\www.hbr.org). Any [...]
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Aberdeen, Scotland
By Victoria Bryan ABERDEEN, Scotland | Fri Jan 6, 2012 8:51am EST ABERDEEN, Scotland (Reuters) – The northern Scottish town of Aberdeen is much maligned for being as grey as its nickname of the Granite City suggests but its compact city centre can sparkle when the sun shines off its grey stone buildings. The oil [...]
Travel Picks: Top 10 New Year’s resolution vacations
NEW YORK | Fri Jan 6, 2012 10:20am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Good intentions. They come around every year and are practically synonymous with champagne toasts on December 31. Wavering already? Not to worry, online travel adviser Cheapflights (www.cheapflights.com) has come up with a top 10 list of destinations to help keep those New [...]
Students Across Arkansas Improve Essential Reading Skills with Lexia Reading
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Literacy is the cornerstone of school achievement, and educators in Arkansas understand that improving overall student performance requires a keen focus on literacy skills. A growing number of schools and districts in Arkansas, including those in Conway, Bentonville, West Fork, and Fayetteville, have turned to the award-winning Lexia Reading® software program to improve individual [...]
FIRST ® Celebrates Student Inventors
MANCHESTER, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FIRST ® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen, announced today that participants on high school FIRST teams in North America can now compete for the chance to win recognition toward patenting a proposed invention in the newly created FIRST®Future Innovator Award presented by the [...]
